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Poisoned wells : the dirty politics of African oil by Nicholas Shaxson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollarsвЂTM worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the entire African continent. Yet the rising tide of oil money is not promoting stability and development, but is instead causing violence, poverty, and stagnation. It is also generating vast corruption that reaches deep into American and European economies. In __Poisoned Wells__, Nicholas Shaxson exposes the root causes of this paradox of poverty from plenty, and explores the mechanisms by which oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe. Shaxson is the only journalist who has had access to the key players in African oil, and is willing to make the connections between the problems of the developing world and the involvement of leading global corporations and governments.

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Author

Nicholas Shaxson

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781403971944

Category

history

Subjects

Business, Economics, Social Science

Rating

3.8 / 5 (74 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14